Holder for pencils and the like



M. DES ROCHERS. HOLDER FOR PENCILS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, I92!- Patented May 23,1922.

MAXIMILIAN DESBOCI-IERS,

Ivl'QNIREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA.

HOLDER, FOB) PENCILE; AND ill-IE LIKE.

misses.

Specification of Letters Patent 1 Patented lll'ay 23,

Application filed January 253, 3.521. lilo. 439,198.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, MAXIMILIAN Des- ROCHERS, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and resident of the city oi illontreal, in the Province of Quebec and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Holders for Pencils and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for pencils and the like and is particularly adapted for attachment to a typewriting machine.

At the present time, the typewriter desks in general use are of the drop head type and include a swinging table to which the type writer is secured. In closingthe desk, the swinging table assumes an inclined position and pencils, eraser-s or other small articles lying thereon slide to the back and either fall off or become hidden among papers which may be on the table behind the typewriter.

According to the present invention, the holder consists of a small boa: or receptacle provided with spring clips by means of which it may be attached to the frame of the typewriter without the use of tools and in such a manner as not to interfere with the operation of the machine. The box is preterably of such a construction that it will remain open or closed without the use of any supplementary fastening means.

In the drawings which illustrate the invention;

Fig. 1 is a rear elevation of holder according to this invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the holder in open position.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation oi the holder open and illustrating the method oi attaclv merit to a machine.

Fig. l is an end elevation ot' the holder closed.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, ll and 12 designate the two parts of the holder which for convenience may he described as the body and cover res ectively. The body 11 comprises a substantially at plate 13 which if desired be provii at its upper edge with a rearw idl Jl ing fian e l4 and which is slightly rot-w dly curved in its lower portion 15. The body is provided with a pair of lugs or tongues 16 preferably cut and stamped up mi the material of the body and serving to releasably connect to the body a spring clip 17 adapted to attach the device to the frame of typewriter. i'lhis clip is designed to be torced over the name 18 ot a typewriter and includes converging portions 19, which will grip the frame, as clearly shown in Figures 3 and l, and hold the device against fallingon: the frame. The particular shape of the clip is oi smell importance as it will oil necessity be of diiterent shapes for different makes typewriting machines. fit the ends of the body member 11, forwardly projecting end plates 20 are provided which are for the most part circularly curved in periphery but which adjoin the plate 13 at a straight line tangent to the circle, as shown at El. The upperpart 22 of the periphery of each end plate is also tangent to the circular part of the periphery and meets the tangential portion 21 at an acute angle at the upper edge 01' the plate. "lhe forwardly curved lower edge oi the plate follows the curvature of the ends to a point substantially under the centres of the ends, clearly shown in Figures 3 and 4.

The cover portion 12 is of substantially the same form th body portion, except that the front 23 curves under for a considerably greater distance than in the bacl: portion to form a bottom 2% which fits i side the inrved portion 15 of the body. llle cover is provided with ends 25 oi the same shape as the body ends and connected thereto by pivots disposed concentrically with respect to the curved peripheries of the ends. The upper edge of the cover portion is provided with an outwardly projecting flange 2'? which may serve as a handle to iacilitute opening and closing; the box. The curved portion or bottom 2i of the cover is proviitled with an outwardly projecting lug; 251' a da plied to abut the lower edge the body and form a stop limiting the opening of the device. in the same way, the body is provided with one or more inward projections '29 adapted to engage the edge of the cover to assist the stop 2-8 in limiting the outward movement. in order to hold the device in closed posh tion, the ends of one member, for exaniole, the cover, are provided with outwardly facing recesses and the ends oi? the other member, for example the body. are provided with corrugations 31 forming inward projections disposed to enter the depressions 30 when the box is closed. The depressions on one member in riding over the other member n w Lib to reach the recesses 30 produce a slight flexure of the end members, which is relieved when the projections drop into the recesses. The parts are thus releasably held in closed position by the resiliency of the ends.

The operation of the device is extremely simple. It is attached to a typewriter frame by hooking the upper fingers 19 over the frame and swinging the lower iingers under the f arms, the lower fingers being flexed in the movement and resrnning substantially their normal position to hold the device to the typewriter. The flange 1a of the body overlies the small space between the body and typewriter frame and serves to keep small bodies from falling into this space. To open the box, the flange 27 of the cover is grasped and moved outwardly and downwardly in a circular direction until movement is checked by the stops 28 and 29. In this form the device is small and compact, projecting only a short distance beyond the typewriter frame, and is not at all in the way of the operator, especially as the holder is usually attached to the bottom end member of the frame. The bottom of the holder being circularly curved, there are no corners or crevices in which a pencil or eraser can lodge, so that the same may be very easily extracted by inserting the fingers and sliding the pencil or eraser up along the surface. W hen the typewriter desk isto be closed, the opening movement is reversed and, when fully closed, the parts 30 and Si hold the device against accidental opening.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is;

l. A device of the class described comprising a pair .of parts each having a circularly curved wall, said parts being pivoted together to hold the cur ed walls in sliding relation to one another, stops engageable with the edges of said curved walls to limit the movement of the parts, and a clip carried by one of the parts adapted to attach the receptacle to a typewriter frame.

2. A device of the class described comprising a pair of parts forming between them a receptacle having a surface curved bottom, said parts being pivotally related to permit opening and closing of the receptacle, means for attaching the receptacle to a typewriter or the like, and means for releasably holding the receptacle in closed position.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a body member and a cover member, each of said members including a plate, and end members connected thereto having substantially circular peripheries, said plates being curved in part to the curvature of the end peripheries, and pivots disposed concentrically of the peripheries of said ends connecting the body and cover members together.

4:. In combination with a device according to claim 3, a spring clip carried by one of the members adapted to attach the'receptacle to a typewriter frame or the like.

5. in combination with a device according to claim 3, a clip carried by one of the members for attaching the receptacle to a typewriter frame or the like, a flange carried by said member adapted to span the space between the receptacle and the frame to which it is attached, and a flange carried by the other member serving as a handle to open and close the receptacle.

6. In combination with a device according to claim 3, a projection on one of the members adapted to engagethe edge of the other member to limit opening movement of the members.

7. In combination with a device according to claim 8, interengageable means on the ends of said members for releasably locking the members in predetermined position.

8. in combination with a device according to claim 3, tongues struck up from one of the members and disposed in spaced parallel relation. therewith, and a spring clip caught between said tongues and the member adapted to releasably attach the device to a typewriter frame.

9. A device of the class described comprising a pair of members each circularly surface curved and pivotally connected for movement about the axis of their curvature, and a tangential extension from each member adapted in one position to meet at an acute angle and form a closure for the receptacle and in another position to form substantially parallel sides and end members connecting the parts together.

10. A device of the character described, comprising a receptacle provided with spaced bearings, a spring clip for attaching the receptacle to a support, said clip comprising a single length of wire having its arts passing through said bearings and directed angularly to form one side of a clamp and its intermediate portion offset to oppose said gripping members and thereby form the opposite side of the clamp, the two sides of the clamp being adapted to yieldably grip a supporting member therebetween.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

MAXIMILIAN DESRQUi-lhiftS. 

